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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . Celebrate Basic World History Skills ................................................... 7
Skills Checklist for World History .................................................................................. 8
SKILLS EXERCISES ............................................................................................................... 9
Stories on Walls . . . (Prehistoric Ages) ........................................................................ 10
Fertile Crescent Puzzler . . . (Ancient Civilizations/Mesopotamia) ............................. 11
Mummies & Other Curiosities . . . (Ancient Civilizations/Egypt) ............................... 12
2 Kings—1 Great Empire . . . (Ancient Civilizations/Mediterranean) ......................... 13
Mysteries & Invasions . . . (Ancient Civilizations/India) .............................................. 14
Land of Legends . . . (Ancient Civilizations/China) ...................................................... 15
Three Great Civilizations . . . (Ancient Civilizations/Americas) .................................. 16
Getting to Know the Greeks . . . (Ancient Civilizations/Greece) ................................. 17
Remembering Rome . . . (Ancient Civilizations/Rome) ............................................... 18
The Attack of the Barbarians . . . (Barbarian Invasions) .............................................. 19
Viva Vikings . . . (Viking Invasions) ............................................................................... 20
Was the Feudal System Futile? . . . (Feudal System) ................................................... 21
A Fight for the Holy Land . . . (The Crusades) .............................................................. 22
They Called It a Rebirth . . . (Renaissance) ................................................................... 23
The Age of Discovery . . . (Age of Exploration) ............................................................. 24
A Revolution without Guns . . . (Industrial Revolution) .............................................. 26
Revolutions Abound . . . (Age of Revolution) ................................................................ 27
Imperial Trivia . . . (Imperialism) .................................................................................. 28
Forced Labor by Another Name . . . (Slavery) .............................................................. 29
Scrambled Facts from World War I . . . (World War I) ................................................. 30
World War II . . . What Happened When? . . . (World War II) ...................................... 31
A Terrible Destruction . . . (The Holocaust) ................................................................. 32
What’s What at the UN? . . . (The United Nations) ....................................................... 33
What’s Cold about the Cold War? . . . (Cold War/Nuclear Age) .................................... 34
Parallel 38 Divides a Country . . . (Korean War) .......................................................... 35
A Quick Expansion . . . (Spread of Communism) ......................................................... 36
Conflict in Vietnam . . . (Vietnam War) ........................................................................ 37
From the USSR to the CIS . . . (Breakup of USSR) ...................................................... 38
Apartheid, A Repressive System . . . (Apartheid in South Africa) ................................ 40
Continuous Conflict . . . (Middle East) ......................................................................... 41
Which Came First? . . . (Western Hemisphere) ............................................................ 42
The Canadian Mosaic . . . (Canadian History) .............................................................. 43
A Unique Community . . . (European Community) ..................................................... 44
Who Am I? . . . (Key Persons) ........................................................................................ 45
Places: Famous & Infamous . . . (Key Places) ............................................................... 46
Friends & Foes . . . (World Conflicts & Alliances) ........................................................ 47
Historic Headlines . . . (Major World Events) ............................................................... 48
More Historic Headlines . . . (Major World Events) .......................................................49
Coming to Terms with World History . . . (Vocabulary) ............................................... 50
APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................. 51
Glossary of World History Terms .................................................................................. 52
Key People in World History ......................................................................................... 54
World History Skills Test ............................................................................................... 56
Skills Test Answer Key ................................................................................................... 60
Answers .......................................................................................................................... 61
CELEBRATE BASIC WORLD HISTORY SKILLS
Basic does not mean boring! There certainly is nothing dull about . . .. . . looking at some of the great triumphs, tragedies, and
mysteries of the past. . . learning about mummies, barbarians, Vikings, knights, and
falling walls. . . reading stories left on walls by people thousands of years ago. . . being able to read a headline from the past and know exactly
what it’s about. . . discovering which discoverer discovered what (and when). . . figuring out who fought in which war (and why). . . knowing who invented an invention that’s changed your life. . . finding out about cold wars and hot wars, revolutions with
guns and revolutions without guns. . . tracking the rise and fall of great empires around the world. . . telling the difference between a pharaoh, an emperor, a
monarch, and a czar. . . becoming something of an expert on the famous people,
places, and happenings of the past
The idea of celebrating the basics is just what it sounds like—enjoying and improving social studiesskills. The pages that follow are full of exercises for students that will help to review and strengthenspecific, basic skills in the content area of world history. This is not just another ordinary “fill-in-the-blanks” way to learn. The high-interest activities will put students to work applying a rich assortment ofkey facts and concepts about world history while enjoying challenging activities about discoveries anddisputes, famous persons and places, and world-changing events and inventions.
The pages in this book can be used in many ways:• for individual students to sharpen a particular skill• with a small group needing to relearn or strengthen a skill• as an instructional tool for teaching a skill to any size group• by students working on their own• by students working under the direction of an adult
Each page may be used to introduce a new skill, to reinforce a skill, or to assess a student’sperformance of a skill. There’s more than just the great student activities! You’ll also find anappendix of resources helpful for students and teachers—including a ready-to-use test for assessingworld history skills and content.
As students take on the challenges of these adventures with spaces and places and wonders aroundthe world, they will sharpen their mastery of basic skills and enjoy learning to the fullest. And as youwatch them check off the basic world history skills and knowledge they’ve strengthened, you can cele-brate with them!
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SKILLS CHECKLIST FOR WORLD HISTORY
SKILL PAGE(S)
Identify and describe major events in ancient world history 10–22
Identify and describe major events in modern world history 23–44
Identify and describe recent world events of significance 30–44
Make and read timelines of key events in world history 14, 31
Identify key persons in world history and recognize their contributions 45
Identify, describe, and compare major eras in world history 48, 49
Identify and locate key places in world history 46
Recognize and define key vocabulary terms related to world history 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21,23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34,35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 46, 47, 50
Identify, describe, and distinguish among major conflicts in world history 14, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 30,31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41,47, 48, 49
Describe and compare ancient civilizations 10–18
Identify key technological developments throughout world history and explain their significance 26
Identify and describe major inventions and their significance 26
Identify key facts and concepts about the Ice Age and the Stone Ages 10
Identify characteristics of ancient civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia 12, 13
Identify characteristics of ancient civilizations in India and China 14, 15
Identify and compare characteristics of ancient Latin American civilizations 16
Identify key aspects and contributions of ancient Greek civilization 17
Identify and describe the ideas and contributions of major Greek philosophers 17
Identify key aspects and contributions of the Roman Empire 18
Identify aspects of invasions that changed Europe 19, 20
Identify key aspects of life in the Middle Ages 21
Identify key aspects, events, and persons of the Renaissance 23
Identify major explorers and discoveries during the European Age of Exploration 24
Describe the Industrial Revolution and identify the changes it brought about 26
Identify features of major revolutions in the Age of Revolution 27
Define imperialism and identify areas of the world which were colonized by European countries 28, 29
Identify key causes, events, and outcomes of World War I 30
Identify key causes, events, and outcomes of World War II 31, 32
Explain the origin and the goals of the United Nations 33
Identify key features and events of the Cold War 34, 35, 36, 37
Recognize the political changes resulting from the breakup of the Soviet Union 38, 39
Recognize the history and definition of apartheid in South Africa 40
Identify key aspects of recent history in the Middle East and North Africa 41
Identify key events in the history of the Western Hemisphere 42, 43
Describe key features of the European Community (Common Market) 44
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STORIES ON WALLS
Basic Skills ⁄ World History 6-8+ Copyright ©1997 by Incentive Publications, Inc., Nashville, TN.
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By 15,000 B.C., people in Europe were already living communally, moving around with the season,hunting animals, gathering plants to eat, and spending winters in caves. As part of their culture,they painted animal pictures on cave walls with paint made from soft rocks and animal fat. It isthought that these cave paintings represent important events in the clan’s history. Probably themost famous of the cave paintings are those at Lascaux, France. These paintings date between20,000 and 8,000 B.C. The drawing below gives you an idea of what one of these cave paintingslooked like.
Scattered around the drawing are words that describe some features about the study of humansand about the life of these earliest groups of humans. Match one of these terms to each of thedescriptions.
Prehistoric Ages
1. way of life of a group of people______________________________________
2. social habits of a group______________________________________
3. beliefs and ideals that guide the ways peoplelive ___________________________________
4. system of rules over a group______________________________________
5. era when glaciers covered large parts of theearth__________________________________
6. age when most people were nomads______________________________________
7. age when people began to settle in villages______________________________________
8. two developments that led to people settlingdown in one place _______________________
9. the development and use of tools______________________________________
10. oral or written records of the past______________________________________
11. period before records were written or passedorally _________________________________
12. objects made by people long ago______________________________________
13. the study of the remains of past cultures______________________________________
14. means of living in the Old Stone Age______________________________________
